Discovering, Creating, Problem-Solving, or All Three?
Tate Andrews 4Ba
September 13, 2013
Avatar Paragraph I Created Something Hi, my name is Awesome Dude, created by Tate. Tate created a candy Inator that works! To use it, you have to load it with candy and pull the stick back. Creating is fun! By the way, nice to meet you.
Cooperating and Collaborating ...
Caine's Arcade Marble Maze Run
Creativity through Our Collaboration
The Hot Dogs Team Banner
The Hot Dog Movie
The "T" in STEM Stands for Technology ...
The "Hour of Code" Initiative
The Engineering Design Process ...
PROBLEM:
How Do We Build a Catapult?
ASK:
What is Our Challenge?
The Angry Bird Competition is on … Angry Bird and Piggy Friends unite! To retrieve your stolen eggs, Angry Birds, your team will need to build a catapult with only the materials provided to you, as outlined in the following steps of this “Small Group Challenge: Marshmallow Catapults”: Challenge: Each group will design and build a marshmallow catapult using the following materials: 1 meter of masking tape; 2 plastic cups; 4 rubber bands; 2 plastic spoons; 2 paper clips; 15 cm x 15 cm piece of cardboard; large (standard size) and small (mini size) marshmallows to launch. Goal: Launch a marshmallow at least 5 meters (in the air) and not outside of a ½ meter width. What is a Catapult?
Tate Andrews 4Ba
Discovery Center / Library
Catapult Research
January 20, 2014
A catapult is a thing that throws projectiles. How does it get its energy? It gets power from pulling a rope or pulling back a launcher. What types of materials do you think you will be using for the different parts for your catapult? I think I will be using tinfoil, wheels, yarn, tape, cardboard, spoons, rubber bands, and pencils.
IMAGINE:
What are Some Solutions?
What is the Best Possible Solution?
Why did Our Team Choose This Solution?
Tate Andrews 4Ba
Discovery Center
Catapult Reflection
February 2014
Our catapult was the Mangonel. One solution was to put more rubber bands on the catapult. Another was to twist the rubber bands to make it shoot farther. The final solution was to put tape on it to make it stronger.
PLAN:
What is a Diagram / Orthographic Design of Our Prototype?
CREATE:
What does Our Finished Construct Look Like?
IMPROVE:
What works, what doesn't work, and what could work better from Our Testing?
What are We going to do to address the Challenges We Faced with Our Construct?
Tate Andrews 4Ba
Discovery Center
Catapult Reflection
February 2014
The catapult shoots but it needs to shoot farther. We could have aimed better because we did not get the marshmallow in the box. We need to make it have better by putting more tape on the catapult.
PRESENTATION:
How do We Catapult Ourselves into Problem Based Learning?
Discovering...
Tate Andrews 4Ba
September 13, 2013
Avatar Paragraph
I Created Something
Hi, my name is Awesome Dude, created by Tate. Tate created a candy Inator that works! To use it, you have to load it with candy and pull the stick back. Creating is fun! By the way, nice to meet you.
Cooperating and Collaborating ...
Caine's Arcade Marble Maze Run
Creativity through Our Collaboration
Team Banner
The "T" in STEM Stands for Technology ...
The "Hour of Code" Initiative
The Engineering Design Process ...
PROBLEM:
How Do We Build a Catapult?
ASK:
What is Our Challenge?
The Angry Bird Competition is on … Angry Bird and Piggy Friends unite! To retrieve your stolen eggs, Angry Birds, your team will need to build a catapult with only the materials provided to you, as outlined in the following steps of this “Small Group Challenge: Marshmallow Catapults”:
Challenge: Each group will design and build a marshmallow catapult using the following materials: 1 meter of masking tape; 2 plastic cups; 4 rubber bands; 2 plastic spoons; 2 paper clips; 15 cm x 15 cm piece of cardboard; large (standard size) and small (mini size) marshmallows to launch.
Goal: Launch a marshmallow at least 5 meters (in the air) and not outside of a ½ meter width.
What is a Catapult?
Tate Andrews 4Ba
Discovery Center / Library
Catapult Research
January 20, 2014
A catapult is a thing that throws projectiles. How does it get its energy? It gets power from pulling a rope or pulling back a launcher. What types of materials do you think you will be using for the different parts for your catapult? I think I will be using tinfoil, wheels, yarn, tape, cardboard, spoons, rubber bands, and pencils.
What are Some Solutions?
What is the Best Possible Solution?
Why did Our Team Choose This Solution?
Tate Andrews 4Ba
Discovery Center
Catapult Reflection
February 2014
Our catapult was the Mangonel. One solution was to put more rubber bands on the catapult. Another was to twist the rubber bands to make it shoot farther. The final solution was to put tape on it to make it stronger.
PLAN:
What is a Diagram / Orthographic Design of Our Prototype?
CREATE:
What does Our Finished Construct Look Like?
IMPROVE:
What works, what doesn't work, and what could work better from Our Testing?
What are We going to do to address the Challenges We Faced with Our Construct?
Tate Andrews 4Ba
Discovery Center
Catapult Reflection
February 2014
The catapult shoots but it needs to shoot farther. We could have aimed better because we did not get the marshmallow in the box. We need to make it have better by putting more tape on the catapult.
PRESENTATION:
How do We Catapult Ourselves into Problem Based Learning?
Competition Day